Japan and Indonesia agreed to launch cargo flights and to let Indonesian passenger planes stop in more than one Japanese city to meet rising business demand, the Japanese transport ministry said Wednesday.

The agreement, which the two countries reached during two days of talks through Tuesday, calls for the two countries to let each other's cargo planes in for the first time.

The planes would stop in a third country in Asia with Manila, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok under consideration as candidates, an official at the ministry said.

The two countries also agreed to let Garuda Indonesia airline make extra stops in the western city of Osaka and southern city of Fukuoka on existing services between Japan and Indonesia.

Garuda is currently allowed 17 direct flights a week between the two countries.

Japan Airlines (JAL) and its subsidiary JALways are authorized a total of 21 flights to Indonesia.

But JAL has suspended some services after October's deadly restaurant blasts in Bali. It will review its flight numbers from Dec. 21.